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South German Scarplands, the Glossary

The South German Scarplands is a geological and geomorphological natural region or landscape in Switzerland and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.^[1]

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Geography of Bavaria
Geography of Switzerland
Natural regions of the South German Scarplands

Ajoie

The Ajoie (Elsgau, Franc-Comtois: Aidjoue) is an historic region roughly coinciding with Porrentruy District in the canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland.

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The term Albtrauf (Alp escarpment) refers to the northwest facing escarpment of the Swabian Alps, situated in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. South German Scarplands and Albtrauf are geography of Bavaria.

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Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline.

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Baar (region)

The Baar is a plateau that lies 600 to 900 metres above sea level in southwest Germany. South German Scarplands and Baar (region) are regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bavarian Forest

The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest (Bayerischer Wald or Bayerwald; Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long.

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Belfort Gap

The Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate is the area of relatively flat terrain in Eastern France between the Vosges Mountains to the north and the Jura Mountains to the south.

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Black Forest

The Black Forest (Schwarzwald) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. South German Scarplands and Black Forest are natural regions of the South German Scarplands and regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Black Jurassic

The Black Jurassic or Black Jura (Schwarzer Jura) in earth history refers to the lowest of the three lithostratigraphic units of the South German Jurassic, the latter being understood not as a geographical, but a geological term in the sense of a lithostratigraphic super group.

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Bohemian Forest

The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as and in German as, is a low mountain range in Central Europe.

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Brown Jurassic

The Brown Jurassic or Brown Jura (Brauner Jura or Braunjura) in earth history refers to the middle of the three lithostratigraphic units of the South German Jurassic, the latter being understood not as a geographical, but a geological term in the sense of a lithostratigraphic super group.

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Buntsandstein

The Buntsandstein (German for coloured or colourful sandstone) or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe.

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Cuesta

A cuesta (slope) is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Dip slope

A dip slope is a topographic (geomorphic) surface which slopes in the same direction, and often by the same amount, as the true dip or apparent dip of the underlying strata.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.

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Fichtel Mountains

The Fichtel Mountains (Fichtelgebirge, Smrčiny) is a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic.

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.

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Franconian Forest

View to Döbraberg The Franconian Forest (Frankenwald), is a mid-altitude mountain range in Northern Bavaria, Germany.

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Franconian Jura

The Franconian Jura is an upland in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. South German Scarplands and Franconian Jura are geography of Bavaria and natural regions of the South German Scarplands.

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Gäu

In the south German language (of the Alemannic-speaking area, or in Switzerland), a gäu landscape (gäulandschaft) refers to an area of open, level countryside.

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Geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Geomorphology

Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek:,, 'earth';,, 'form'; and,, 'study') is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface.

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High Rhine

High Rhine (Hochrhein,; kilometres 0 to 167 of the Rhine) is the name of the part of the Rhine between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the city of Basel, flowing in a general east-to-west direction and forming mostly the Germany–Switzerland border. South German Scarplands and High Rhine are regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Ice age

An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Jura Mountains

The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Keuper

The Keuper is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe.

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Landscape

A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

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Loess

A loess (from Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.

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Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany.

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Mainz Basin

The Mainz Basin (Mainzer Becken) or Rhine-Main Basin is the name given to a Cenozoic marine basin that covered the area of the present-day region of Rhenish Hesse in Germany about 38 to 12 million years ago (38 - 12 mya).

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Mesozoic

The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

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Muschelkalk

The Muschelkalk (German for "shell-bearing limestone"; calcaire coquillier) is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata (a lithostratigraphic unit) in the geology of central and western Europe.

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Natural region

A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit.

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Natural regions of Germany

This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis.

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Neogene

The Neogene is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago.

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Odenwald

The Odenwald is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. South German Scarplands and Odenwald are regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Palatine-Saarland Muschelkalk Region

The Palatine-Saarland Muschelkalk Region (Pfälzisch-Saarländische Muschelkalkgebiet) - or more accurately the Palatine-Saarland-Lorraine Muschelkalk Region (Pfälzisch-Saarländisch-Lothringisches Muschelkalkgebiet) - is a natural region of the third order in southwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and southern Saarland in Germany, and, on the French side of the border, in northern Lorraine and Alsace bossue.

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Paris Basin

The Paris Basin (Bassin parisien) is one of the major geological regions of France.

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Rhön Mountains

The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains (or Mittelgebirge) in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together.

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Scarp retreat

Scarp retreat is a geological process through which the location of an escarpment changes over time.

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Spessart

Spessart is a Mittelgebirge, a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany.

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Sundgau

Sundgau is a geographical territory in the southern Alsace region (Haut Rhin and Belfort), on the eastern edge of France.

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Swabian Jura

The Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb, more rarely Schwäbischer Jura), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. South German Scarplands and Swabian Jura are natural regions of the South German Scarplands and regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains

The Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains (Schwäbisches Keuper-Lias-Land) is a major natural region in southwest Germany and includes the southwesternmost part of the Keuper Uplands, which is bordered immediately to the north by the Swabian Jura.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Thuringian Forest

The Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald in German) is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast.

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Thuringian Highland

The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge or Thüringisches Schiefergebirge, literally "Thuringian Slate Hills") is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia.

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Triassic

The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.

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Upper Palatine Forest

The Upper Palatine Forest (Oberpfälzer Wald or Böhmischer Wald, Český les) is a mountain range in Central Europe that is divided between the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Upper Rhine Plain

The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average, between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north. South German Scarplands and Upper Rhine Plain are natural regions of the South German Scarplands and regions of Baden-Württemberg.

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Variscan orogeny

The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Vosges

The Vosges (Vogesen; Franconian and Vogese) are a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany.

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White Jurassic

The White Jurassic or White Jura (Weißer Jura or Weißjura) in earth history refers to the upper of the three lithostratigraphic units of the South German Jurassic, the latter being understood not as a geographical, but a geological term in the sense of a lithostratigraphic super group.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_German_Scarplands

Also known as Southern Scarplands, Swabian-Franconian Scarpland, Süddeutsche Schichtstufenland, Südwestdeutsche Schichtstufenland.

, Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland, Triassic, Upper Palatine Forest, Upper Rhine Plain, Variscan orogeny, Vineyard, Vosges, White Jurassic.

South German Scarplands, the Glossary

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See also

Geography of Bavaria

Geography of Switzerland

Natural regions of the South German Scarplands

References